French Canada

British  

noun

1. the areas of Canada, esp in the province of Quebec, where French Canadians predominate

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Example Sentences

The labels will appear in English and French, Canada’s official languages, and are intended to blunt the allure of smoking among young people, adults looking to quit and those addicted to nicotine, the government said on Wednesday.

From New York Times

But when Dion thanked the audience with a “Merci!” at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta in 1996 after singing “The Power of The Dream,” the single word reverberated across the province, an affirmation that French Canada had gone global.

From New York Times

More than 70 Indigenous languages are spoken in Canada, but they’re far less prevalent in everyday life than English and French — Canada’s two official languages — or even languages spoken by many of the country’s immigrant groups.

From Washington Post

Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau pledged last week to improve his French skills and apologized for remarks suggesting he did not need to speak French, Canada's second language, even though the airline is officially bilingual.

From Reuters

After being introduced, she addressed the public first in Inuktitut, the Inuit language she spoke growing up in northern Quebec, adding she was deeply committed to improving her French, Canada's second official language.

From Reuters